Reader Is at Odds With Anti-Gambling Proposal

The proposal to ban betting in Nevada on college sports [March 21] makes no sense. The same politicians who claim that legal gambling is somehow linked to point-shaving scandals on college campuses line their pockets with tobacco money and oppose any regulation or tax increases on tobacco despite its proven link to lung cancer and death.

I should be allowed to decide whether I want to spend my money on snowboards, jet skis or sports bets in Nevada. What do I need a tax cut for if the government is just going to tell me how I can and cannot spend my hard-earned money? It is the height of hypocrisy for Lindsay Graham of South Carolina to tout states rights regarding the Confederate flag issue and turn around and say it’s not states rights for Nevada to choose to have legal sports wagering.

RICHARD SIMON

Ventura